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#80
by
DaveS
on 22 Jun, 2007 17:18
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#81
by
mdmcgrory
on 22 Jun, 2007 17:19
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If I'm reading the stuff on the weather thread right (and I might not be), not only is it crystal clear skies at EAFB, but the wind has been almost dead calm for hours, right? So weather is going to be go at Edwards on this next attempt almost certainly?
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#82
by
mark147
on 22 Jun, 2007 17:20
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Chris Bergin - 22/6/2007 5:57 PM
220 at 13 biggest buildup (no idea what that means)
Translation: clouds 13nm from Kennedy on bearing 220 degrees are the biggest cumulus buildup.
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#83
by
DaveS
on 22 Jun, 2007 17:22
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mdmcgrory - 22/6/2007 7:19 PM
If I'm reading the stuff on the weather thread right (and I might not be), not only is it crystal clear skies at EAFB, but the wind has been almost dead calm for hours, right? So weather is going to be go at Edwards on this next attempt almost certainly?
It is going to be "GO".
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#84
by
Chris Bergin
on 22 Jun, 2007 17:25
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KSC STA:
"Thunderstorms 23mi South with lightning."
[understatement]Me thinks you can class that as no go.[/understatement]
PS Thanks Mark.
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#85
by
cookiejar500
on 22 Jun, 2007 17:32
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Is that a new HTML command ?
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#86
by
Zachstar
on 22 Jun, 2007 17:33
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#87
by
DaveS
on 22 Jun, 2007 17:35
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#88
by
DaveS
on 22 Jun, 2007 17:37
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#89
by
DaveS
on 22 Jun, 2007 17:37
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#90
by
Chris Bergin
on 22 Jun, 2007 17:37
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Decision coming at a TIG meeting. Crew will land on this coming rev.
Fluid loading taking place.
By the way, we've seen a few sites using the info off this section on other sites as "I've got a source". At least accredit us...we get enough people from other sites throwing their URLs all over the place, so it wouldn't hurt to accredit us.
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#91
by
triddirt
on 22 Jun, 2007 17:37
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Go for fluid loading... We'll be landing somewhere :-)
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#92
by
mdmcgrory
on 22 Jun, 2007 17:38
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MCC to Atlantis: "Begin fluid loading, not ready to make the call justyet on KSC or EAFB."
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#93
by
DaveS
on 22 Jun, 2007 17:38
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#94
by
Joffan
on 22 Jun, 2007 17:42
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Yes, nice little "touch and go" from Scott on runway 22 EDW there. Views of the approach angle gives me a frisson of things to come shortly.
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#95
by
Chris Bergin
on 22 Jun, 2007 17:43
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Chris Bergin - 22/6/2007 6:37 PM
Decision coming at a TIG meeting. Crew will land on this coming rev.
Fluid loading taking place.
TIG Meeting decision at XX:57. (this hour).
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#96
by
ApolloLee
on 22 Jun, 2007 17:44
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So as this looks to be a landing in California, a little historical trivia….
- This would be the 51st shuttle mission to end in California. The first 14 shuttle missions (including the Enterprise test flights) landed at Edwards (sole exception being STS-3 at White Sands.
- This will be Atlantis’ 11th landing at Edwards, including the infamous STS-37 where Atlantis landed 600 feet short of the runway … though luckily this wasn’t the problem on the dry lake beds of Edwards that it would have been in Florida.
- Discovery is the top California tourist among the active shuttles, with 13 Dryden landings.
- Would be first Edwards landing since weather at KSC forced Discovery to land there on the return to flight STS-114 mission.
- Atlantis last returned to Edwards at the close of STS-98 in February 2001, after deploying the Destiny lab to ISS.
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#97
by
Chris Bergin
on 22 Jun, 2007 17:46
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Lindsey in KSC STA: "Cloud cover 2/8 everywhere
"Looks good up to North.
"Weather down to south."
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#98
by
Thorny
on 22 Jun, 2007 17:47
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ApolloLee - 22/6/2007 12:44 PM
- This will be Atlantis’ 11th landing at Edwards, including the infamous STS-37 where Atlantis landed 600 feet short of the runway … though luckily this wasn’t the problem on the dry lake beds of Edwards that it would have been in Florida.
600 feet is still within the 1000 ft runway over/underrun, so it would have been a nailbiter, but a safe landing at KSC. And 37 landed on runway, not lakebed.
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#99
by
psloss
on 22 Jun, 2007 17:49
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Thorny - 22/6/2007 1:47 PM
ApolloLee - 22/6/2007 12:44 PM
- This will be Atlantis’ 11th landing at Edwards, including the infamous STS-37 where Atlantis landed 600 feet short of the runway … though luckily this wasn’t the problem on the dry lake beds of Edwards that it would have been in Florida.
600 feet is still within the 1000 ft runway over/underrun, so it would have been a nailbiter, but a safe landing at KSC. And 37 landed on runway, not lakebed.
No, it was the lakebed -- Runway 33.
